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Lessons and Reflections
Chapter 2
Canard felt his stomach drop as he
looked into the red eyes of the female
saurian that stood
before him. He heard his teamates pull out their puck blasters and
instantly aim at her.
But before a shot could be fired Fox stepped in front of the saurian
and telekinetically
lifted the puck blasters into the air. The psysquad watched in wry
amusement as Nosedive
stubbornly held on to his blaster and was lifted into the air
with it. "Hey!!
Leggo!" he shouted. Fox smirked and dropped the puck blasters. Dive
crashed into the
floor as the other five blasters clattered around him. "Nobody is
shooting
anybody." Maloney said trying to hide his chuckles behind a serious voice.
Canard's voice
finally came back to him. "Y... y... you mean that... th.. the Saurians
were the council
before you?" he stammered. "Yes and no." the Saurian replied.
The Mighty Ducks
looked at each other and at Canard in confusement. Mallory slowly
spoke, "Well,
you said you had a story. What is it?"
"Long ago, on a world in
another dimension, the Saurians(a then peaceful
race) lived on a
planet called Pyrhenna. It was a hot planet, much suited to our cold
blooded biology.
Everyone was pretty much happy. But we lived in a false euphoria.
There were no wars,
no poverty, no police force."
"That's
interesting. Peaceful saurians. Hmph!" Nosedive snorted. "Shutup,
kid."
Canard said. "I
want to hear this. Go on."
"There were a
small band of elite warriors to defend us from outside intruders and the
few bad apples that
fell in our lot. But that was our entire defense. But slowly our planet
began deteriorating.
In our euphoric ignorance we had not realized that our home was
dying from the ever
increasing technology and industrialism. The people became
divided and argued.
One half said we had to save our home or leave to find another.
The other half denied
that anything was wrong with Pyrhenna. Finally a huge battle broke
out. They fought for
days in the bloodiest war that had ever taken place on Pyrhenna.
They kept dividing
and dividing in anger and distrust till finally a small band of dissenters
and rebels started
creeping through the streets causing more division. Even recruiting
more saurians to help
in their twisted plot. The band grew into a large rebellion that
attacked the majestic
capital building that overlooked the capital city. They killed and
pillaged and ravaged
everything in their path. Their purpose was to overthrow the
Pyrhennian government
and take over the planet. In the midst of this rebellion came the
time for the saurian
ascension as the spiritual council. They looked down in tears as
they watched the
remnants of the good saurians die in the massacre. What was left of the
Saurian race
destroyed the planet and fled to ships as majestic Pyrhenna imploded in it's
own fire. The
escaping saurians left behind a legacy of destruction, evil, and despair
wherever they went.
"
"Amazing.
Selective breeding to the evil degree." Tanya murmured. She looked up
surprised to see that
everyone had heard her. "I.. I've always heard of selective breeding
to improve a race but
never to degrade one." she quickly babbled out. The female
Saurian nodded in
agreement then continued.
"A million years
later they discovered Puckworld and attacked. I was fourteen at the time.
Raised in the belief
that we had a divine right to this destruction, I would join in the battles
as an assasin. I was
specifically trained to kill Drake DuCaine himself
"Excuse
me?" Wildwing interrupted. The Saurian stopped and said softly, "I
was trained
for one purpose... to
kill Drake DuCaine." "You knew DuCaine?" Nosedive said in awe.
the saurian grinned
respectively. "Yes, I knew him. He was a good duck. Very friendly, too.
Once he got over the
fact that I tried to kill him."
"When I snuck
into his chambers, I expected him to be asleep with weariness from that
day's battles. But
instead I saw him in despair working over a masklike device. I silently
snuck up behind him
to complete my mission. I plotted to steal his device as proof along
with his head to
prove he was dead. I raised my knife to strike only to be slammed into the
wall. My vision
blacked out as I could not comprehend what happened in the speed of the
moment. I looked up
through bleary eyes and saw DuCaine standing over me. The mask
in one hand and my
knife in the other. He put the blade to my neck and said "Give me one
reason I shouldn't
kill you." I glared at him. I couldn't believe that this duck had the
daring
to give me a choice.
"DuCaine." I heard a saurian voice say. I looked to see a male
saurian
standing in the
corner. Where he had come from I didn't know. He hadn't been there a
second ago.
"Yes, Gratz." DuCaine replied. His eyes never strayed from mine as
the knife
stayed against my
neck. "Let her go. She is chosen." "For what?" "The
next guardian. Instead
bind her hands. She
will also help us win this battle." DuCaine sighed and threw the knife
aside. He grabbed my
arm and roughly bound my hands behind my back with rope and
dragged me down the
hall as he followed the saurian called Gratz to another room. I stumbled
along in confusion
and insult. --A saurian helping the ducks. That would make my warlord's
day. -- I thought.
--It would wouldn't it.-- I stopped in and looked in surprise at Drake DuCaine.
No one knew I was telepathic. I hadn't known
that DuCaine was either. He grinned wryly at me.
--How else did I know
you were behind me?-- he told me. I stumbled along astoundedly as he
began to drag me down
the hall again. When we arrived DuCaine threw me down at Gratz's
feet. I looked up to
see six more ducks: Ausmus, Cammi, Daman, Princess, Fox, and Maloney.
They looked at me and
back at Gratz. "She is our gaurdian?" Cammi asked. "She's one of
the
enemy."
"Not for much longer." Gratz said solemnly. I felt a strange energy
rush through me as
my body lifted from
the ground and was whirled around to face Gratz. My vision faded away from
his face to the
planet of Pyrhenna a million years earlier. I began to cry as I saw how foolish
and evil we had
become over the centuries of demonic breeding. I learned the story of the
universe and how I
was chosen a million years earlier by a telepath that could see the future. A
telepath of my race
that didn't join the council. I cried and asked mercy of Gratz to release me
from his telepathic
grip. He did. I fell to the floor in despair. DuCaine came and untied my
bonds. I nodded my
head in agreement to him as I surrendered my will. I was now one of them. My
training began as the
new gaurdian. I also worked with DuCaine telling him everything I knew of
our defense. I even
told him the weakness of our forcefield that hid our ships. He used that
information in
creating the mask and led an assault on the warlords. Victory was his. He sent
them to the prison in
dimensional limbo. Once that was done it became time to ascend. DuCaine
came to me that day.
--It is time for me to choose.-- he told me. I looked at him confused. But
only for a moment, as
I realized that DuCaine was a telepath that would not be chosen to ascend.
His purpose was for
the future, to see and to choose the next guardian. The one I would guard,
guide, and train.
DuCaine explained to me that he had spent every night since the night he caught
me in the vision
world. And that the night before he had
sent off a package for the future. A
package that would
lead to the creation of the Moon Pendant. The very pendant which dangles
around Rose's
neck."
Everyone paused and
looked towards Rose who had been fingering the pendant out of habit.
"In the vision
world DuCaine had studied the future and had chosen the next guardian, as well
as
as one of his
descendants to deliver the Moon pendant."
"Hold it. I have
a question." Duke suddenly spoke for the first time upon arriving at the
compound."Yes?"
"If the past councils did not need the Moon Pendant, then why does this
future
council need it
now?" The suarian smiled and said "That is one detail, I left out.
When the
suarian council took
its place it saw that the universe was changing dramatically. Which is
natural for the
innate good of all beings. It saw that a future council would need more power
to
control the universe.
Which is how the next to races were chosen for ascension. The ducks were
chosen for their
powers in ancient magic, where by this time had been forgotten in most of the
universe. They had
the ability to create the pendant with the powers to control the universe as
needed. The humans
were chosen next for their durability in using magic and their endurance and
strength. It is for
the natural procession of all things. As the universe changes, so must the
council." Duke
nodded at the wise reply to acknowledge his satisfaction with the answer.
"DuCaine took my
hands as he and I fell into the telepathic trance. He showed the the future of
the next millenium.
The decisions that would be made. The chosen ones, the ones who would simply
further the future,
and so forth. In this trance I saw Canard and knew he was the one chosen for
this job. When he
came into being I watched over him as if he were my child. I guarded him on
his journey to find
DuCaine's mask. I now he and I meet face to face to begin the training once
more. Canard you can
now know me as Kria." Canard look Kria in the eyes slowly. Finally he felt
himself again. He
knew she had told the truth. Meanwhile, Rose looked at Missy. Missy had turned
very pale. Rose
watched in concern as Missy made telepathic contact with Fox. Rose tried to
listen in only to
find herself telepahically blocked. Rose looked in protest to Maloney who only
shrugged and told her
--What will be will be, child. We as administrators and governors are not
here to interfere but
to guide rightfully.-- --But, what is wrong with Missy?-- "You will know
impetuous one."
Kria said. Rose looked over at Kria feeling slightly embarrased that she had
been
monitored. Rose tried
to push her questions aside as she sat back to attempt relaxation. She felt
Jack's arm slip
around her shoulder's protectively. She looked up into his piercing blue eyes
and
found comfort,
knowing he was just as concerned. Rose sighed as she pondered who would make
the
council and who wouldn't.